Tuesday, May 9, 2006
HTC Stealing Thunder From RIM BlackBerry 8700
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "THE COMPETITION" @ 08:00 AM
http://www.forbes.com/markets/economy/2006/05/08/rim-t-mobile-0508markets17.html
"Despite high hopes for Research In Motion's BlackBerry devices, sales have been disappointing and competition in the smartphone market has been fierce...But despite strong sales of the 8700 at T-Mobile, Research in Motion's gains were offset by strong sales of Taiwan-based High Tech Computer's MDA pocket computer."
The T-Mobile MDA is the HTC Wizard, known by a variety of names around the world. Mine is called the K-Jam, and most blackberry users that I come in contact with are blown away by what the device does. Part of it stems from the ultra-lame "attachment viewing" the BlackBerry does. Spreadsheets are opened with fixed width columns that can't be altered - at least by the users I am working with, and again, they are just viewers. I wouldn't do a ton of work on my K-Jam, but it is nice knowing I can create or change a spreadsheet and save or send it on to someone else in my department. For users wanting to go beyond basic text email, HTC devices armed with Windows Mobile offer a compelling option. Of course, having Voice Command installed doesn't hurt either. I love it when a call comes in and the name of the caller is announced. :wink: Cingular stores are also seeing strong sales of the 8125, a sibling in the HTC Wizard lineup, and Verizon is showing strong sales of the Treo 700w, another HTC device. Do you think Microsoft and HTC have finally figured out a formula that will stem the growth of RIM?
"Despite high hopes for Research In Motion's BlackBerry devices, sales have been disappointing and competition in the smartphone market has been fierce...But despite strong sales of the 8700 at T-Mobile, Research in Motion's gains were offset by strong sales of Taiwan-based High Tech Computer's MDA pocket computer."
The T-Mobile MDA is the HTC Wizard, known by a variety of names around the world. Mine is called the K-Jam, and most blackberry users that I come in contact with are blown away by what the device does. Part of it stems from the ultra-lame "attachment viewing" the BlackBerry does. Spreadsheets are opened with fixed width columns that can't be altered - at least by the users I am working with, and again, they are just viewers. I wouldn't do a ton of work on my K-Jam, but it is nice knowing I can create or change a spreadsheet and save or send it on to someone else in my department. For users wanting to go beyond basic text email, HTC devices armed with Windows Mobile offer a compelling option. Of course, having Voice Command installed doesn't hurt either. I love it when a call comes in and the name of the caller is announced. :wink: Cingular stores are also seeing strong sales of the 8125, a sibling in the HTC Wizard lineup, and Verizon is showing strong sales of the Treo 700w, another HTC device. Do you think Microsoft and HTC have finally figured out a formula that will stem the growth of RIM?
